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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Joe Ranieri (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jar Golovkin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ranieri comes to the ring accompanied by DMX - Lord give me a Sign. Golovkin has chosen Hungry-Rob Bailey as his entrance music. We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.
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190 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
Good knees
Good chin |
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Joe Ranieri!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Jar Golovkin !
The judges for this bout are Alyssa Summers, Bruno Lombardi and Russell Pearce.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The fight stays on the outside here - Ranieri looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Ranieri tries to clinch there but Golovkin circles away.
Ranieri keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Ranieri is looking to clinch.
Ranieri wants to clinch
and Ranieri takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Golovkin misses with a body shot.
Ranieri looks to clinch
and Golovkin connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Golovkin lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Ranieri tries to clinch but Golovkin moves out of range.
A jab from Golovkin does it's job there.
Ranieri is looking to clinch.
A nice combination there by Golovkin .
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Golovkin throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Golovkin bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Ranieri tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Golovkin paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Golovkin throws the left hand but Ranieri avoids the punch easily.
Ranieri wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Golovkin misses with a straight right.
Ranieri tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Golovkin manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ranieri fails in his attempt to clinch.
Golovkin misses with a double jab.
Golovkin takes a kick to the side of the head.
A looping hook to the body misses from Ranieri. Golovkin does a little dance to reset his feet.
Crunch! Ranieri slams his shin into Golovkin 's torso.
Ranieri showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Golovkin .
Golovkin misses with a straight right.
Golovkin throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Ranieri wants to clinch.
Ranieri is looking to clinch.
Ranieri wants to clinch up but Golovkin keeps it at a distance.
Ranieri wants to clinch up but Golovkin keeps it at a distance.
Golovkin swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Ranieri doesn't manage to clinch there - Golovkin circles away.
Golovkin pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Ranieri tries to clinch up but Golovkin circles away and keeps his distance.
The fight stays on the outside here - Ranieri looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Golovkin tries to bum rush Ranieri with a series of wild strikes but Ranieri uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Golovkin thows a left - swing and a miss!
Ranieri tries to close the distance and clinch up but Golovkin swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Ranieri tries to clinch but Golovkin moves out of range.
Golovkin slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Golovkin bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Ranieri wants to clinch.
It seemed like Golovkin was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Golovkin avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Ranieri tries to clinch up but Golovkin circles away and keeps his distance.
Ranieri tries to clinch up.
Golovkin on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Ranieri misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Golovkin .
Golovkin throws a fast counter high kick but Ranieri manages to duck under it in time.
Joe Ranieri seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ranieri tries to clinch but Golovkin moves out of range.
Ranieri tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Golovkin manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Golovkin avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Golovkin is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ranieri stuns Golovkin with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Ranieri tries to clinch up.
Golovkin tests Ranieri's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Golovkin throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Some wild striking there from Golovkin .
Golovkin throws a head kick but Ranieri moves out of range.
Golovkin tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Ranieri connects with an inside leg kick.
Golovkin takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Ranieri explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Golovkin smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Golovkin with a hook.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Golovkin looks to land a left hand but Ranieri moved out of range nicely.
Golovkin stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Ranieri.
Ranieri thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Golovkin if he has to take too many more of those.
Ranieri showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Golovkin .
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ranieri tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Golovkin manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Ranieri moves in looking to clinch but Golovkin pushes him off.
Ranieri wants to clinch.
Ranieri uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Golovkin .
Golovkin misses with an uppercut. Ranieri saw that one coming.
Ranieri seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Golovkin drops his hands momentarily and Ranieri takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Golovkin attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
The fight stays on the outside here - Ranieri looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Golovkin is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Golovkin throws a right and a left that Ranieri avoids nicely.
Good shot there by Golovkin .
Ranieri tries to close the distance and clinch but Golovkin swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Ranieri darts in trying to clinch
so Golovkin counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Golovkin looks winded!
Ranieri had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Golovkin defends it easily.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Ranieri looking for a triangle here. Golovkin is fighting it but it looks tight! Ranieri pulls the arm across and this one won't last much longer! Nope, Golovkin is tapping out - this one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5:19 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Choke). Joe Ranieri!
In his post fight interview, Joe Ranieri started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.
In defeat, Jar Golovkin stepped up to the mic, saying 'God Bless'.
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energy
A | B |
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hype
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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RATING
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